Numbers 4:12

12 And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon staves.

Numbers 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:12

And they shall take all the instruments of ministry,
wherewith they minister in the sanctuary
The garments in which the priests, ministered in the sanctuary, which were laid up in proper places, and which they only wore when in service:

and put [them] in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of
badgers' skins;
all wrapped up in one bundle:

and shall put [them] on a bar;
the same sort of carriage on which the candlestick and its vessels were borne, (See Gill on Numbers 4:10).

Numbers 4:12 In-Context

10 And they shall put it, and all its vessels, into a blue skin cover; and they shall put it on bearers.

11 And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its staves.

12 And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon staves.

13 And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple.

14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister upon it, and the fire-pans, and the flesh-hooks, and the cups, and the cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue cover of skins, and shall put in its staves; and they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars.